Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members will hear about summer reading programs and lots more activities planned this summer at the Bluffton Public Library during the Friday, May 8, chamber breakfast.
The free breakfast is served from 7 to 7:30 a.m. The program is from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in the third floor of the town hall. Richland Manor will cater the breakfast.
Jessica Hermiller, library director, will tell about programs and services the library offers and will share information about this summer’s reading program.
Seven area churches are again partnering in the community-wide vacation Bible school program. This year’s event will be hosted by Bluffton Presbyterian Church July 19-23 from 6-8 p.m. Children age 4 through fifth grade are welcome to attend, at no cost. Children need not be attenders of any of the seven churches.
Mary Lou Blosser, 81, died May 4, 2015, at 2:57 a.m. at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay. She was born Aug. 29, 1933, in Findlay. She was raised by the late Edgar and Maude (Pore) Marquart. On June 15, 1952 she married Marlin Blosser who preceded her in death on March 18, 2001.
Mary Lou was a homemaker. Shewas a graduate of Arlington High School.
A free seminar offered to anyone interested in learning more about ways to support one’s church, charity or other non-profit organization.
Generous Living: Tools for Giving, will take place from 7 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 5, at the Bluffton town hall, third floor.
The presenters will be Vyron Schmidt, Charitable Services Advisor with Everence Financial of Goshen, Ind., and Scott Basinger, attorney from Bluffton and Pandora. Schmidt and Basinger will talk about a variety of planned giving opportunities that provide tax advantages to donors as well as maximize a donor’s gift.
